A man walks amid debris laying on the ground inside the Saint Elias church in the rebel-held area of Harasta, on the northeastern outskirts of the capital Damascus on November 13, 2016.Sameer Al-Doumy/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Christians, in an Epochal Shift, Are Leaving the Middle East

Fueled by strife, civil war and the rise of extremist groups, the exodus deepens the dominance of Islam

A man walks amid debris laying on the ground inside the Saint Elias church in the rebel-held area of Harasta, on the northeastern outskirts of the capital Damascus on November 13, 2016.Sameer Al-Doumy/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images